SAG Awards: Netflix Wins Big During Pandemic Year With ‘The Crown,’ ‘Chicago 7’ and ‘Ma Rainey’

The Trial of the Chicago 7 editor Alan Baumgarten topped the dramatic feature editing category ofAmerican Cinema Editors's 71st ACE Eddie Awards, whilePalm Springs'sMatthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler won the category for best edited comedic feature, during Saturday's virtual ceremony. This is the third ACE Award for Baumgarten, who also accepted Eddies for American Hustle in 2014 and Recount in 2009.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEditor Alan Baumgarten’s work on Aaron Sorkin’s drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” topped the American Cinema Editors Awards in a virtual ceremony.Baumgarten beat out competition from “Sound of Metal,” “Mank,” “Minari” and “Nomadland.”In other categories, Pixar’s “Soul” continued to collect awards, winning best edited animated feature, while “Palm Springs” won best edited feature film comedy.

Also Read: 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Editor Walks Us Through Film's Complex Riot Flashback (Video)“Soul” won the award for animated film, while “My Octopus Teacher” took the prize in the documentary category.In the television categories, winners included “Schitt’s Creek,” “Ted Lasso,” “Better Call Saul,” “Ozark” and “The Queen’s Gambit.” “The Last Dance” won for a non-theatrical documentary, while “David Byrne’s American Utopia” won for variety special.Also at the ceremony, Spike Lee received the

Billboard. com reported that Netflix has spent upwards of $30 million to acquire the feature being put together by Ye collaborators Clarence 'Coodie' Simmons and Chike Ozah.

By Jill SerjeantLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Courtroom drama "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and jazz period film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" were the big winners at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, one of the last major ceremonies before the Oscars. "The Trial of the Chicago 7," set during a Vietnam War protest in 1968, took the prize for best ensemble with a cast that includes Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella and Mark Rylance.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 won outstanding cast in a motion picture at the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. Frank Langella accepted on behalf of the cast, touching on what the film stands for in the political and cultural landscape.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Minari leading the pack regarding the most awards.Held virtually in a pre-recorded, shortened ceremony last night (April 4), the awards also recognised Anya Taylor-Joy for her work in The Queen’s Gambit (for which she also won a Golden Globe last month), and Chadwick Boseman continued his posthumous winning streak for his leading role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.Elsewhere, The Trial Of The Chicago 7 picked up a gong for best ensemble cast in a motion picture while

Daniel Kaluuya snagged the best actor award in a filmat the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. The actor, who portrays Fred Hampton,chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Michael Keaton set a record at Sunday’s 2021 SAG Awards.

Gallery: It's showtime! Alec Baldwin's top 10 performances (BANG Showbiz)And Mark Ruffalo scooped Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for 'I Know This Much Is True', while Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture went to 'Wonder Woman 1984'.

As another award season inches closer to the end, the Screen Actors Guild honoured the best in acting in TV and film. With only the Oscars and BAFTA left to wrap up the Hollywood awards season this, the excitement is amping up.

The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Crown and Schitt's Creek were among the big winners at the 2021 SAG Awards, which aired Sunday as as a one-hour, pre-taped virtual ceremony on TBS and TNT. Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 got a major boost on the road to the Oscars upon winning the SAG Award for best ensemble, the guild's top honor that's equivalent to a best picture prize.

Gallery: It's showtime! Alec Baldwin's top 10 performances (BANG Showbiz)A full list of winners at the 2021 SAG Awards are as follows: Cast in a Motion Picture - 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Female Actor in a Leading Role - Viola Davis, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Male Actor in a Leading Role - Chadwick Boseman, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Yuh-Jung Youn, 'Minari' Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Daniel Kaluuya, 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Ensemble in a Drama

The  27th Screen Actors Guild Awards saw the best of onscreen performances, in TV and film, receiving recognition. The one hour pre-taped show awarded actors across 15 various categories with individual as well as ensemble acts being awarded.

The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of color, for the first time, swept the individual film awards.The 27th SAG Awards, presented by the Hollywood actors’ guild SAG-Aftra, were a muted affair — and not just because the red carpet-less ceremony was condensed to a pre-recorded, Zoom-heavy, one-hour broadcast on TBS and TNT.

Netflix inarguably had a very big night at the SAG Awards, both in movies and TV categories taking half of the latter’s eight categories across three shows ( The Queen’s Gambit, Ozark, The Crown), and three of the five big movie categories including both Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman  in the lead acting slots , and for Outstanding Cast The Trial Of The Chicago 7  winning the big award of the evening which is SAG’s equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar.

Michael Keaton broke an impressive record with his win at the 2021 SAG Awards!

While Nomadland picked up Best Picture at the Critics Choice a couple of weeks back—a pretty reliable Oscar top prize indicator—at Sunday night’s SAG, it wasn’t even nominated in that category. Instead, that prize went to Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, possibly bolstering its chances at the Academy show on April 25th.